Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 255928 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com.
Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com
as Sun Alert 1020305.1.

A security vulnerability in Sun Java System Delegated Administrator may
allow a remote unprivileged user to influence the data stored by an
intervening proxy server in response to data transferred from the
Delegated Administrator server (by means of HTTP Response Splitting),
or to perform related Cross-Site Scripting activities.

Sun would like to acknowledge with thanks, CORE Security Technologies
for bringing this issue to our attention.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.2

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.3

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 without patch 121581-20

x86 Platform

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.2

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.3

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 without patch 121582-20

Linux Platform

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.2

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.3

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 without patch 121583-20

To determine the version of Sun Java System Delegated Administrator
installed on a system, access the Delegated Administrator Console using
a browser and click on the Version button of the masthead. The current
version will be displayed in a popup window. Alternatively, the following command can be run:

$ <da_installed_base>/bin/commadmin -V

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described
issue has been exploited.

4. Workaround

There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution
section below.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 with patch 121581-20 or later

x86 Platform

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 with patch 121582-20 or later

Linux Platform

Sun Java System Delegated Administrator 6.4 with patch 121583-20 or later

Note: The resolution for Sun
Java System Delegated Administrator versions 6.2 and 6.3 is to upgrade
to version 6.4 and then install the appropriate patch. The upgrade and
resolution of this vulnerability can be performed at the same time by
installing one of the above patches directly onto versions 6.2 or 6.3
of the product as part of the upgrade process. For more details about
performing this upgrade, please see the following URL:

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